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As Lylah Baker recovers, family members have tested positive for exposure. Scientists are tracking clues for the source but so far coming up short.      

A man who claims to be a survivor of the high school shooting in Parkland, Florida is being traumatized all over again -- by his father, who says the massacre was just a hoax.

There was no mistaking the meaning in last week's anonymous text message: Do what we say or die.

Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups carried out attacks during the May 2021 fighting in the Gaza Strip and Israel that violated the laws of war and apparently amount to war crimes, Human Rights Watch said today. ...

Frantic houseguests killed a gunman with cement landscaping bricks after he shot several people, one fatally, at a Fort Worth, Texas party early Monday.

More than 85% of adults in the tiny Himalayan kingdom were given a second dose in just one week See all our coronavirus coverage Bhutan has inoculated most of its eligible population with second doses of Covid-19 vaccina...

At least 57 died near Khoms, taking the total to 987 so far this year as European authorities decrease patrols At least 57 people have died after a boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized off the Libyan coast, with nea...

One dead, four missing after blast at waste facility in Leverkusen sends large black cloud into air An explosion at an industrial park for chemical companies in Germany has killed at least one person, with 16 injured and...

Only 29% of hospitals treated a proportion of Black patients that was comparable to the proportion of Black residents living in the community.      

Police and city authorities agree that 'pioneering' model has reduced street dealing and consumption Barcelona's 200 cannabis clubs face closure after the supreme court shut a legal loophole that has seen the city become...

Reporters from international outlets have suffered worsening intimidation while covering Henan floods Press groups have expressed alarm at the worsening intimidation of foreign media in China, often driven by government ...

From strengthening flood defences to creating low-traffic neighbourhoods, our city is taking bold action Sadiq Khan is the mayor of London Too often, we in the UK have thought of countries such as India and Bangladesh as...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has reportedly defended her controversial decision to grant interview requests only to minority journalists -- calling the number of non-whites covering her "unacceptable."

Inquiry into child sexual abuse says abuse occurred over several decades on a scale that was 'hard to comprehend' Hundreds of vulnerable children in the care of Lambeth council in south London were subjected to horrendou...

Moderna plans to expand the size of its COVID-19 vaccine study in younger children to better detect rare side effects

It is the first time a health minister serving at the time of the scandal has faced the inquiry.

The two countries have not spoke since Pyongyang cut off all channels of communication last year.

Communication channels have been restored after being severed when cross-border ties soured and Trump summits failed South and North Korea have restored their once-severed hotline and the two countries' leaders have agre...

White supremacist haters defaced a Portland, Oregon, mural honoring the lost lives of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery over the weekend, but the community quickly pulled together and put it back to rights.

Former President Donald Trump endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Monday, rebuffing the incumbent's primary challenger and Bush family scion George P. Bush.

Was John Stonehouse a spy who betrayed his country? Or a naive and broken man? James Naughtie investigates.

Two women share their experiences of non-consensual condom removal during sex.